federal investigators are takg the ruptured section of pipe to washington, d. that is where it will be analyze today try to determine what went wrong. >> federal officia are asking for the public's help to determine how it rum turd. the state is ordering pg&e all 6400 miles of the natural gas transmission lines. this is a live picte over the site of the explosion at killed at least four people and destroyed dozens of homes. janelle wang joins us with more. >> i'm just down the street from the site. investigators are expected to be here for the nex seven to ten days gatherg up all the evidence they need to determine the cause of last thursday's

deadly explosion. >> investigators backed up the largest piece of evidence. the seion of pipeline that was blown out of the ground las thursday. that and two other pieces, each about ten feet long will be shipped to waington, d.c. to a lab. >> we know it's pressurize go and de-pressurize ago pipe. it could be impact damage fro excavation. >> they will look to see if there are any defects in the welding. >> we're very pleased that we do have su a big chunk of evidence but we're not sure we have all the fragments of the pipe. anybody that finds a metal fragment, please report it to us. >> they also want amateur video of the site prior to the explosion.

also, if anyone noted dying vegetation which could be a is sign of leaking gas. they have ordered pg&e to inspect all 6400 miles of gas tines with priority given to line running under highly populate areas. >> we had no clue there was a 50-ye-old pipe running through our neighborhood. >> investigators say it will take probably a yr or more to complete the investigation and determine how to prevent a tragedy like this from happenin again. >> in the crse of doing that, however, if we find issues that warrant immediate attention we will put out recommendations immediately. here is another live picture from sky 7 at the blast zone. you are looking at the crater which is sitting in the middle of the san bruno neighborod. in the meantime pg&e is facing more heat this morning. according to reports, state

found that puc managers were not properly trained on gas inspection equipment. we found out about a lawsuit filed by a former pg&e employee last montbefore the explosion happened. he claimed supervisors severely harassed him after he reported unsafe pracces on the company's gas transmission lines. they are expected to hold a news conference in less than an hour from no if you are e of the people in san bru who claims to have smelled natural gas days before the explosion, puc wants to hear from you you are asked to call their number or e-mail them with information. we are learning re about the fire victims this morning. 13-year-old and her mother bot

died inside their home on claremont drive when a gas line exploded. she also wrote for a school newspaper. they have a special prayer servic for the family this morning. >> it's a time to rember, remeer her mother. she was a beautifu person. we know they are in god's loving embrace. >> 20-yeaold jessica morales died on friday monk. her boyfriend joseph gomez is in critical condition after suffering burns trying rescue her. >> san bruno offials two of the six people previously reported missing in the san bruno exosion have now been located.

that leaves four people unaccounted for. they are included three members of the bullis family. they are worried that the thre died in the faily. officials have not publicly identified the fourth missing person. >> right now officials are meeting with neighbors whose homes are red-tagged. they're gettg an update and in a few hours they may see the remains of their homes. tomas ramon is outside the meeting cente >> right outside the senior center, it's only for those people that were red-tagged or homes were destroyed in the fire. the meeting is being held by the mayor and chief of police and what they are doing here is trying to answer allhe questions the residents may have and perhaps escort them into the area so the can go to their

homes and salvage whatever they can. >> the house you see en guvld in flames is on clare mopt. this is where necessity used to call home. he is thankful all he lost is the house. >> he and the family and dog are safe. they came to the meeting to get some answers but he's not su people he'll ask will tell them what he needs to know. >> what i would like to know, what do they plan on doing. this is a 30-inch pipe that runs through our neighborhood. if i'm going rebuild i want to make sure th the remaining lines -- >> he would like them directed away from homes. he is 35 and now lost the only home he's ever known. >> growing up there and you know

everybody out there. that whole block. i live on glenview. people i went to school with and parents still ve there. >> they both want to see left of their homes and salvage whatever they can justor the memories. >> right now i'm living with my aunt. >> you are looking at the devastation from sky 7. this is the area that many people want to get back in to. the are of some 80 plus homes tha have either been destroyed or extremely damaged by the explosion and resulting fire. the meeting that is beg held at the senator center is planned basically to try to get some of the people back into the area so they can salvage whatever mementos that are still around. this meetg is expected to last

another half-hour and it's possible a bus will come by and take an escort whoever wants to get back into the area to see if they n get anything out of their homes. pg&e parent corporation has told federal regulators that the company's financial stability could be affected by the huge amounts of money expected in damage claims. they hld $1 billion in fire insance but there is concern it might not be enough. past accidents ev resulted in payments up to $200 million. but this is a highly populated area and their liability could be much higher. >> post office says delivery serce should start again in

the area. more tan two dozen dogs and cats were brought to a shelter and many have been returned to their owners. we've gathered a number of resource regarding the san bruno fire on our website. you'll find the status of homes and our own video tour of the devastation along with how you can help the victims. it's all on the home at www.abc7.com. >> just ahead, another delay in the release of u.c. berkeley graduate being holida in iran. >> and why the family is fighting over her bail. >> and the battle over legalizing marijuana in calirnia picks you were significant support. the endorment comes from very unlikely supporters. it was jus

like a suction pulled that - that vehicle and itisappeared. it turned to the right and i saw just joe's head - just above - in this own awful swirling wat... he haone chance to get me - to rescue me. and at that split secd i turned my head to check and see where my son was and my son had disappeare clay was gone and all i could think was heas under the water...

the family of a u.c. berkeley graduate is appealing to iranian authorities to drop the demand for a half million dollar bail for her freedom. sarah shourd's family says they can't afford it. she is caught in a tug of war of rival factions om the iranian government. >> lawyers for american sarah shourd say her family is appealing to authorities to dp the demand for $500,000 cash bail base they cannot afford that amount. she is sick and expected to he back to the u.s. to receive treatment. there is a very powerful string atthed, she would be leaving

behind two other hikers in the prison. three hikers were arrested back on july 31 for entering iran illegally and were accused of being spies. >> nobody wats to think that two people's lives depend on them returning the country. >> her release was first announced on thusday and then reinstated on sunday. on and off again is indications of competing factions. they were rebuke by the court that set the bail condition. just this morning, the powerful revolutionary guard criticized the release calling eight bonus for quran burners in the united states. they may be reunited to the mothers that traveled iran but until sunday the lawyer had never m them. we were together for two or

three hours but i'm hoping to get all of them released on bail >> u.s. officials say the money for the ba is not coming from taxpayers. so california law enforcement and judicial officials are making a surprising call to back the november ball measure to legalize recreational marijuana. they are holdg a nice conference today to endorse proposition 19. it would allow adults over 21 to buy non-medicinal marijna and tax the sales. former san je police chief says our prohibition laws waste resources and create a black market controlled by gangs. >> clouds cleared this mornin and cooler temperatures. >> you got that right. silly. we're still seeing around the bay area as we look from emeryville. still the pre-thick around marin county. we'll talk about the coolg trend. we have warmer weatr before a

chance of rain this weekend. >> plus, why fedal officials could be o the verge of pulling a popular diet pill off the market. >> and new survey of how many of us are washing our hands after usin

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>> meteorologist mike nicco has more. >> not you of course, you wash. >> i was wondering how you were copping to me with that one. >> let's move on and talk if we can clean the sky of some of these clouds making for a beautiful picture with the low clouds hanging aound the bay. some the high cloud rolling in on the jetstream which is flying overhead. take one more perfect spk i have to looking to downtown san francisco. valleys would clear out by noon and the bay will clear out around 2:00. you can see sonoma coun pretty socked in but santa clara valley out and breaks starting to develop at th coast. awaiting a while, it's coming. let's talk temperatures. we are rolling --hese are the

temperatures from this morning. we're inhe 50s this morning and 50s around the bay for the rest of us. afteron sunshine and cooli clouh coastal drizzle but most of us will be dry. warmest will be wednesd, thuday and friday and next system will come in to bring us a chance of rain. we're dropping behin concord, 35 degrees cooler. oakland and sanose, 6, santa rosa, 7 and redwood city will be 12 degrees cooler than average for september 13th. we're looking at temperatures low to mid-70s in south bay today. on the pensula there is the redwood city at 69 and also in the 60s, millbrae and menlo park. near 60 at pacifica to 62 in daly city the. south san francisco and sausalito and san rafael in the mid to upper 60s low to mid-70s in the valleys with afternoon sunshin richmond,erkeley, oakland, hercules in the mid to upper 50s

everybody else in the low to mid-70s. 80 in pittsburg and also brentwoodor the warm spot. monterey bay, low to mid-50s. for tonight, we'll see little clearing from napa toanta rosa in the upper 40s but pretty cloudy and loto mid-50s. i can see how big this trough of low pressure is that is developing in the eastern pacific. that low you see coming towas us, that is brinng the strong onshore wind. this low igoing to sit here and spin all week around then towards the weekend it starts to move towards us. when it does it will bring moisture and cooler weather. before we get there, cool today but a little bit of a warming trend, tomorrow and wednesda and thursday. temperatures will befive degrees warmer by thursday. thank you. >> this afternoon at 3:00, a new

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